Bill eyes penalties for gun offenders

6:40 AM,
Apr. 30, 2013

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Proposed legislation would double penalties for repeat offenders using guns to commit felonies in Ohio, targeting the less than 1 percent of Ohioans who are committing 57 percent of the state's violent crime.

"Shoot, go to jail, then get out of jail and shoot again - this to me summarizes the problem we are facing in this state," Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said at a news conference Monday introducing Sen. Jim Hughes' Violent Career Criminal Act.

The bill, which the Republican senator from Columbus plans to introduce Friday, would double gun specification penalties for repeat ...